Dinosaur Bones Show Evidence of Cartilage (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

Dinosaur Bones Show Evidence of Cartilage

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Dinosaur bones have rounded ends with rough surfaces that mark where blood vessels fed large amounts of cartilage in the joint. The cartilage could have added 10 percent or more to the height of a dinosaur.

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Casey Holliday/University of Missouri

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